(i) We plan to identify and recruit a sample of 160 women diagnosed with cervical cancer within the department of gynecology of the Hospital Gabriel Touré in Bamako, Mali. These patients will have been previously identified and diagnosed by clinical exam by an obstetrician-gynecologist at Gabriel Touré, and will have been identified as surgical candidates by a doctor. Recruitment will be done during appointments either for a curative biopsy or for a more extensive surgical procedure. No biopsy will be done just for the sake of the study. During the study, each participant will sign a consent form and undergo an interview with a nurse. The nurse will be in charge of briefly presenting the proposed study protocol and ensuring that the patient (a) had been positively diagnosed with cervical cancer (diagnoses are established from a clinical case and/or based on the patient's history), (b) voluntarily expressed a willingness to have a biopsy or other gynecological operations and have a doctor collect tissue samples during a "standard" medical appointment (i.e. not linked to the study), (c) agreed to have blood drawn, (d) was older than 18, and (e) had the capacity to give informed consent.